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A Metal AOTY Contender Already? If We’re Talking Glasgow Grin From Full House Brew Crew Then That’d Be A Huge “Hells Yes!”

Let it be known that we had high hopes for this one the instant lead single “No Gods, No Chains” came across ye olde digital desk last Fall. We hyped it even more in our just released 2026 preview (Read it here!) after hearing only a few singles to the extent that we even rearranged […]

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Video View: Tomboy “Roll Out”

Think Martina Topley Bird (Or Sarah from The Good Natured) fronting a hyper Massive Attack filled with vast instrumentation and sporting a beat to keep your toe tapping ’til the end. Oh, and there’s hand claps. In other words, everything one needs in a perfect single. Comparisons aside, Tomboy makes [...]

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Video View: Tom Vek “Sherman (Animals in the Jungle)”

It’s no secret that Tom Vek is one of our favorite artists over at RNRF so when news came that his third album was almost upon us, we kinda freaked. We also freaked when a release date for Luck was locked down (June 9th) and then freaked some more when [...]

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Jokes! Episode 2: Hannibal Buress Live From Chicago

“I’m Hannibal Buress, represented by Hannibal Buress” That statement alone about sums up what you’re getting into when you turn on Buress’ latest, Live From Chicago. Penguin sandwiches, who’ll die first: Buress or Will Smith, why he’s not currently Scarlett Johansson’s baby daddy, why pissing in your sink is the [...]

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The Afghan Whigs, Do To The Beast: Album Review

It’s been 16 years since The Afghan Whigs last album. Frontman Greg Dulli has successfully navigated a post-Whigs career by fronting additional acts (The Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins) and through solo work. Sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder and on the new Afghan Whigs album, the labor of love [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 3 (4.18.14)

Oh my, the riffs! It’s as if Karma To Burn finally found the right vocalist, added some Hermano soul and a touch of Clutch’s Southern fried rawk. That’s Pet The Preacher. They rule all and you’d be a fool not to sit up and pay attention. The Cave & The [...]

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“Destroy My Love” will not ‘destroy’ your love of Those Mockingbirds!

Didja get a chance to check out Those Mockingbirds when they hit New England last month? No? Then you missed one helluva show AND maybe a chance to catch this little number live. The song is “Destroy My Love” and if it’s even the slightest indicator of what the upcoming [...]

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